Joseph Hoetzl Photography and more...

Renaming (and copying) photos to include the original capture date and time with ExifTool and AppleScript

Joseph Hoetzl — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:45:40 +0000

A friend of mine, David Leedy, sent me a direct message simply asking, What do you use? Aperture? Lightroom? iPhoto? I need to tame a LOT of pictures.. MANY duplicates… After some back and forth I thought of a way of handling this situation without any commercial applications. I knew he was an Apple user, [...]

Add a little salt and pepper to your photos?

Joseph Hoetzl — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:30:57 +0000

Quick tip - Add seasonal tags to your photos

Switched my parents to a Mac – mom missed the “Slideshow” button…

Joseph Hoetzl — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:20 +0000

A while back I convinced my parents to switch to a Mac. There were some teething issues, but for the most part, they were eventually fine with it. But, my mom missed one “feature” of Windows – the “Slideshow” button in the Explorer toolbar. She would go to a folder of photos my dad saved [...]

Summer photography tip – hotel induced condensation

Joseph Hoetzl — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:35:52 +0000

Condensation is one of the enemies of photographers. It occurs at the most inopportune times. A lot of people associate condensation with the colder seasons, but it can also happen on your summer outing. About 3 years ago I was all set to shoot the airshow in Atlantic City, NJ, “Thunder over the boardwalk“. I [...]

Dear Baby Girl, Happy 3rd Birthday!

Joseph Hoetzl — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:06:16 +0000

Dear Baby Girl, Happy 3rd Birthday! What a year it has been! Your first trip to the Bronx Zoo, Sesame Place, Walt Disney World, but if I had to pick a highlight, it would have to be hearing your little voice. You were a little trooper and you came through sooner than anyone expected. It [...]

Zip ties – so many uses, so easy to carry

Joseph Hoetzl — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:15:42 +0000

In this part two of what I am now categorizing as “What’s in my camera bag that isn’t necessarily made by a photographic company” allow me to introduce zip ties. They come in all sorts of widths, lengths, colors and materials. They are typically plastic but also come in stainless steel, and ones with a [...]

Gaffer’s Tape to the rescue

Joseph Hoetzl — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:15:59 +0000

I know many folks think of duct tape at the king of tapes, but when doing things photographic, I always carry some quantity of gaffer’s tape. If you aren’t familiar with its properties, think of the painter’s tape, with its low residue leaving properties, but on a whole other level of stickiness, and with the [...]

A simple usabilty improvement for USB, “iThings”, and other connectors

Joseph Hoetzl — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:15:29 +0000

I’m not sure why I never noticed before, but ever since I started using an iPhone, I’ve noticed one simple thing missing from the design of the 30 pin plug, a tactile feel. The same problem applies to the USB side of the same cable, and all other devices that have seemingly ever shrinking connectors. [...]

Thoughts on the Drobo Sync feature coming for the DroboPro FS

Joseph Hoetzl — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:26:41 +0000

When I read about the new DroboPro FS from Data Robotics, aimed at the small business market, I saw a new feature, Drobo Sync. It is coming as part of a new release of Drobo Dashboard in late October/Mid-November 2010 . I thought, wow, how timely, they read my post about why I don’t recommend [...]

Backing up your photographs and more – Why I don’t recommend a Drobo

Joseph Hoetzl — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:18:57 +0000

Whenever I am hear about storage solutions for photographers, I frequently hear the praises of Drobos, and while I do think they can serve a purpose, I can’t bring myself to recommend them. There is a common phrase among storage/backup architects that usually goes something like, “If it’s not in three places, it doesn’t exist”. [...]